50 Years later, Murder of Young Girl Still Unsolved Few murders are as horrible as that of a young child. Johnella Wilkerson had gone missing from her home in Berkeley after she was supposed to run a grocery store errand in early January of 1965. Her body was discovered under a pile of lumber in a lumberyard four blocks away from where she lived. It is believed that she was sexually molested before she was killed. Known Sex offenders from the area were interviewed but no arrests were ever made. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Berkeley Police Department at (510) 981-5900.